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Thailand’s Opposition Secures Election Victory, Challenging Military Establishment

BANGKOK—Thailand’s opposition secured an election win on Sunday after defeating parties allied with the military, setting the stage for a flurry of deal-making over forming a government in a bid to end nearly a decade of conservative, army-backed rule. The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai Party were far out in front…


Thailand’s Opposition Takes Lead in Vote Count in General Election

BANGKOK—Thailand’s main opposition party took an early lead with half the votes counted from Sunday’s general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. The Pheu Thai Party was leading with 23 percent of the 400 seats contested in…


Reform UK Brings Former Brexit Party MEPs Back Ahead of General Election

Reform UK has brought prominent former Brexit Party MEPs back into the party and announced that it will stand hundreds of candidates in the next general election. On Monday, Reform UK’s current leader Richard Tice told a conference, under a new “Make Britain Great” slogan, that 11 former Brexit Party MEPs, or members of the…


Former Tory Energy Minister Quits Party and Backs Labour Leader

A former Conservative minister has attacked her own party, praising Labour for its “sober, fact-driven, competent political leadership” while applauding leader Keir Starmer for his green energy ambitions. Claire Perry O’Neill, who served as UK minister for energy and clean growth in Theresa May’s Cabinet before leading the UK’s Cop26 team until she left politics…


Mail-In Ballots Comprise 90 Percent of San Diego’s Election Results

SAN DIEGO—Following a month of ballot counting, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters Dec. 8 certified the results of the November election with a voter participation rate of 54.2 percent. Of 1.9 million registered voters in the county, 1,043,490 ballots were cast. Of those, 939,102 were mail-in ballots—nearly 90 percent of the total. In…


Tory MPs Chloe Smith and William Wragg Step Down Amid Fears of Labour Victory at Next Election

Former work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith and William Wragg, who chairs the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, have both announced they will not stand at the next general election. The Conservative Party’s campaign headquarters has given sitting MPs up until Dec. 5 to announce if they will be standing again and it…


Election Results for Key Races in California’s Orange County

In the Nov. 8 General Election, out of about 22 million registered California voters, nearly 7.7 million—or 35 percent—cast ballots, according to unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s office. Orange County voter turnout was 45.2 percent in the 2022 General Election per the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Here is the updated report, as…


After Critisicm of Budget, Truss Says General Election Is the ‘Last Thing we Need’

Prime Minister Liz Truss responded to a jibe from a Labour MP during Prime Minister’s Question Time by saying: “The last thing we need is a general election.” She appeared to be referring to Britain, rather than the Conservative Party, but her comment was met with laughter by opposition Labour MPs. The Labour MP for…


Housing Affordability, One Key Issue for Irvine City Council Candidate

For some parents, the thought of their children returning home from college to start their adult life back in their hometown, seems an impossibility, due to the area’s high cost of living. One Irvine father hopes to change that if he is elected to the Irvine City Council in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. Scott…


Robyn Grant Runs Unopposed for Newport Beach District 4

Robyn Grant, a local resident of 35 years, is running unopposed for Newport Beach City Council District 4 in the General Election in November. District 4 encompasses the city’s East Bluff and Big Canyon neighborhoods. The district’s incumbent, Mayor Kevin Muldoon, was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and now steps down after a…